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The driest hot desert on Earth is in a bloom frenzy. Here’s why
The Atacama Desert stretches along the coast of northern ... It’s not clear whether climate change or El Niño (a natural climate phenomenon that influences global weather) are to blame for ...
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Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source
The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are ...
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Hidden biosphere discovered beneath Atacama Desert, world’s driest desert!
The Atacama Desert, renowned as the driest hot desert ... thriving despite the arid climate. In their quest to understand the desert's biota, the researchers delved more than 4 m deep into the ...
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Wispy comet photobombs 'rare' planetary parade above Chile's Atacama Desert (photos)
The moon, the Milky Way, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter Mars, Neptune, Uranus and comet C/2024 G3 seen above the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert. . | Credit ...
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Researchers study coal-fired power plant emission effects on solar panels
An international research team studied the solar PV impact of emissions from a coal-fired power plant in the Atacama Desert, ...